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608 PDFTitle:MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 146 of 2010
Section:11Heading:Establishment and constitution of CommissionVersion Date:12/11/2010


(1) A Commission is established to be known as “Minimum Wage Commission” in English and “最低工資委員會” in Chinese.
(2) The Commission consists of—

        (a) a person, who is not a public officer, appointed as the chairperson;
        (b) not more than 9 other members who are not public officers of whom—
          (i) not more than 3 must be persons who, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, have knowledge of, or experience in, matters relating to the labour sector;
          (ii) not more than 3 must be persons who, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, have knowledge of, or experience in, matters relating to the business sector; and
          (iii) not more than 3 must be persons who, in the opinion of the Chief Executive, have knowledge of, or experience in, a relevant academic field; and
        (c) not more than 3 other members who are public officers.
(3) The chairperson and all other members are to be appointed by the Chief Executive and, in appointing members under subsection (2)(b) and (c), the Chief Executive may have regard to the need for there to be a balanced number of members appointed under each of the subparagraphs of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and under paragraph (c) of that subsection.
(4) The Chief Executive must publish in the Gazette notice of the following—
        (a) any appointment of a member made under this section;
        (b) any appointment of an acting chairperson made under section 3 of Schedule 4.
(5) A notice under subsection (4) is not subsidiary legislation.
(6) Schedule 4 has effect with respect to the Commission.